Inter-American Treaties

Current Status of Signatures and Ratifications of the Inter-American Treaties .

Any updates must be notified to the Department of International Law.

By Member States 

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Treaties

Year

Signature
(mm/dd/yy)

Ratification/ Accession
(mm/dd/yy)

Deposit
(mm/dd/yy)

Inter-American Treaty of Reciprocal Assistance (Rio Treaty) (B-29)

1947

09/02/47

07/19/50

08/21/50

American Treaty on Pacific Settlement (Pact of Bogota)  (A-42)

1948

04/30/48

-

-

Economic Agreement of Bogota (A-43)

1948

05/02/48

-

-

Inter-American Convention on the Granting of Political Rights to Women (A-44)

1948

05/02/48

09/12/57

10/02/57

Inter-American Convention on the Granting of Civil Rights to Women (A-45)

1948

05/02/48

09/12/57

10/02/57

Charter of the Organization of American States (A-41)

1948

04/30/48

01/19/56

04/10/56

Agreement on Privileges and Immunities of the Organization of American States (C-13)

1949

-

-

-

Additional Protocol to the Pan-American Sanitary Code (B-3) (2)

1952

-

-

-

Convention on Diplomatic Asylum (A-46)

1954

03/28/54

02/15/93

03/29/93

Convention on Territorial Asylum (A-47)

1954

03/28/54

-

-

Convention for the Promotion of Inter-American Cultural Relations (A-48)

1954

03/28/54

-

-

Protocol to the Convention on Duties and Rights of States in the Event of Civil Strife (C-14)

1957

08/08/57

09/30/57

10/24/57

Protocol of Amendment to the Convention on the Inter-American Institute of Agricultural Sciences (C-12) (1)

1958

02/08/61

01/26/61

02/08/61

Agreement establishing the Inter-American Development Bank (C-15)

1959

10/14/59

09/30/59

10/14/59

Inter-American Convention on Facilitation of International Waterborne Transportation (B-30) 

1963

06/07/63

08/27/82

09/22/82

Protocol of Amendment to the Charter of the Organization of American States "Protocol of Buenos Aires" (B-31)

1967

02/27/67

07/10/67

07/21/67

American Convention on Human Rights "Pact of San Jose, Costa Rica (B-32)

1969

02/02/84

08/14/84

09/05/84

Convention to Prevent and Punish the Acts of Terrorism Taking the Forms of Crimes Against Persons and Related Extortion that are of International Significance (A-49)

1971

-

-

-

Inter-American Convention on International Commercial Arbitration (B-35)

1975

03/15/91

11/03/94

01/05/95

Protocol of Amendment to the Inter-American Treaty of Reciprocal Assistance (Rio Treaty) (B-29 (1)

1975

07/26/75

-

-

Inter-American Convention on Letters Rogatory (B-36)

1975

05/19/86

06/15/87

07/17/87

Inter-American Convention on the Legal Regime of Powers of Attorney to be used Abroad (B-38)

1975

09/22/82

10/28/82

12/07/82

Inter-American Convention on the  Taking of Evidence Abroad (B-37)

1975

05/19/86

01/25/87

03/25/87

Inter-American Convention on Conflict of Laws Concerning (B-34)

1975

-

-

-

Inter-American Convention on Conflict of Laws concerning Bills of Exchange, Promissory Notes, and Invoices (B-33)

1975

02/09/83

02/09/83

03/10/83

Convention on the Protection of the Archeological, Historical, and Artistic Heritage of the American Nations (Convention of San Salvador) (C-16)

1976

07/17/02

05/27/02

07/17/02

Inter-American Convention on General Rules of Private International Law (B-45)

1979

12/01/83

11/07/83

12/01/83

Inter-American Convention on Extraterritorial Validity of Foreign Judgments and Arbitral Awards (B-41)

1979

12/01/83

11/07/83

12/01/83

Inter-American Convention on Domicile of Natural Persons in Private International Law (B-44)

1979

-

-

-

Additional Protocol to the Inter-American Convention on Letters Rogatory (B-46)

1979

05/19/86

06/15/87

07/17/87

Inter-American Convention on Conflicts of Laws Concerning Commercial Companies (B-40)

1979

12/01/83

11/07/83

12/01/83

Inter-American Convention on Proof of and Information on Foreign Law (B-43)

1979

05/19/86

06/15/87

09/04/87

Inter-American Convention on Execution of Preventive Measures (B-42)

1979

12/01/83

11/07/83

12/01/83

Agreement on the Adoption of the Inter-American Manual on Traffic Control Devices for Streets and Highways "Agreement of Caracas" (C-18)

1979

12/07/79

-

-

Inter-American Convention on Conflicts of Laws Concerning Checks (B-39)

1979

-

-

-

Convention on the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (C-17)

1979

03/06/79

04/20/81

05/06/81

Inter-American Convention on Extradition (B-47)

1981

02/11/94

-

-

Inter-American Convention on Conflict of Laws Concerning the Adoption of Minors (B-48)

1984

-

-

-

Inter-American Convention on Personality and Capacity of Juridical Persons in Private International Law (B-49)

1984

-

-

-

Additional Protocol to the Inter-American  Convention on the Takingof Evidence Abroad (B-51)

1984

10/29/92

04/20/92

10/29/92

Inter-American Convention on Jurisdiction in the International Sphere for the Extraterritorial Validity of Foreign Judgments (B-50)

1984

-

-

-

Inter-American Convention to Prevent and Punish Torture (A-51)

1985

02/10/86

11/18/88

03/31/89

Protocol of Amendment to the Charter of the Organization of American States "Protocol of Cartagena de Indias  (A-50)

1985

12/05/85

10/31/88

11/07/88

Inter-American Amateur Radio Service Convention (B-52)

1987

08/14/87

11/03/90

12/06/90

Additional Protocol to the American Convention on Human Rights in the Area of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights "Protocol of San Salvador (A-52)

1988

11/17/88

06/30/03

10/23/03

Amendment of Article Seven of the Inter-American Amateur Radio Service Convention (B-52) (1)

1988

04/29/88

-

-

Inter-American Convention on Support Obligations (B-54)

1989

-

07/18/02

09/05/02

Inter-American Convention on the International Return of Children (B-53)

1989

11/24/92

01/11/01

02/15/01

Inter-American Convention on Contracts for the International Carriage of Goods by Road (B-55)

1989

-

-

-

Protocol to the American Convention on Human Rights to Abolish the Death Penalty (A-53)

1990

12/12/06

06/18/08

09/05/08

Inter-American Convention to facilitate Disaster Assistance (A-54)

1991

-

-

-

Inter-American Convention on Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters (A-55)

1992

06/06/04

10/09/06

12/12/06

Agreement establishing the Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research (C-19)

1992

05/13/92

11/03/93

02/24/94

Protocol of amendments to the Charter of the Organization of American States "Protocol of Washington"(A-56)

1992

12/14/92

03/17/94

03/27/94

Optional Protocol related to the Inter-American Convention on Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters (A-59)

1993

-

-

-

Protocol of Amendment to the Charter of the Organization of American States "Protocol of Managua" (A-58)

1993

06/10/93

12/05/94

02/16/95

Inter-American Convention on Serving Criminal Sentences Abroad (A-57)

1993

-

11/10/14

-

Inter-American Convention on the Law Applicable to International Contracts (B-56)

1994

-

-

-

Inter-American Convention on the Forced Disappearance of Persons (A-60)

1994

06/10/94

10/31/95

02/28/96

Inter-American Convention on the Prevention, Punishment and Eradication of Violence Against Women "Convention of Belem do Para" (A-61)

1994

06/10/94

04/09/96

07/05/96

Inter-American Convention on International Traffic in Minors (B-57)

1994

-

12/13/99

02/28/00

Inter-American Convention on the International Amateur Radio Permit (A-62)

1995

-

01/29/97

03/03/97

Inter-American Convention Against Corruption (B-58)

1996

03/29/96

08/04/97

10/09/97

Inter-American Convention Against the Ilicit Manufacturing of and Trafficking in Firearms, Ammunition, Explosives, and Other Related Materials (A-63)

1997

11/14/97

08/13/01

10/09/01

Convenio Basico del Instituo de Nutrición de Centro América y Panamá (F-104)

1998

-

-

-

Inter-American Convention on Transparency in Conventional Weapons Acquisitions (A-64)

1999

06/07/99

03/02/04

04/28/04

Inter-American Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination Against Persons with Disabilities (A-65)

1999

06/08/99

09/28/00

01/10/01

Amendment to the Agreement Establishing The Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research (C-19(1))

1999

-

-

-

Inter-American Convention Against Terrorism (A-66)

2002

06/03/02

07/18/05

12/16/05

Protocol of Amendment to the Inter-American Convention on an International Amateur Radio Permit (A-67)

2003

-

-

-

Inter-American Convention against Racism, Racial Discrimination and Related Forms of Intolerance (A-68)

2013

06/07/13

-

-

Inter-American Convention against All Forms of Discrimination and Intolerance (A-69)

2013

06/07/13

-

-

Inter-American Convention on Protecting the Human Rights of Older Persons (A-70)

2015

06/15/15

06/30/17

10/23/17

Amendment of The Inter-American Convention on an International Amateur Radio Permit (A-71)

2018

06/05/18

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